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Andy Nelson

Andrew Vaughn Nelson

Position: DB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 180 lbs.

Born: May 27, 1933 in Athens, AL
College: Memphis   (school history)
Drafted by the Baltimore Colts in the 11th round (126th overall) of the 1957 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 60 (1001st overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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Fine Details  · Last updated Jun 19, 2013 7:25AM
All-Time Rank: #1036. Bernie Parrish… #1037. Tim Bowens… #1038. Art Spinney… #1039. ANDY NELSON… #1040. Tommy Kramer… #1041. Ernie Ladd… #1042. Leo Sugar… 

Defense & Fumbles

Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty AV
1957 24 BAL LS 80 12 5 29 0 13 0 6
1958 25 BAL LS 80 12 8 199 1 69 0 0 0 2 0 0 15
1959+ 26 BAL LS 80 12 6 33 1 33 0 0 0 1 0 0 14
1960* 27 BAL LS 80 12 6 47 0 22 0 10
1961 28 BAL LS 80 14 6
1962 29 BAL LS 80 14 4 20 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 9
1963 30 BAL LS 80 13 3 37 1 26 0 7
1964 31 NYG 26 14 1 13 0 13 0 1
Career 103 33 378 3 69 0 0 1 3 0 0 68
7 yrs BAL 89 0 32 365 3 69 0 0 1 3 0 0 67
1 yr NYG 14 0 1 13 0 13 0 1

Kick & Punt Returns

Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1960* 27 BAL LS 80 12 3 1 0 1 0.3 1
1961 28 BAL LS 80 14 4 19 0 12 4.8 19
1962 29 BAL LS 80 14 2 22 0 14 11.0 22
Career 103 9 42 0 14 4.7 42

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1958 25 BAL LS 80 12 1 1 6
1959+ 26 BAL LS 80 12 1 1 6
1963 30 BAL LS 80 13 1 1 6
Career 103 3 3 18

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls
1960

First-Team All-Pro
1959

Non-Offensive TDs
1958 NFL 1 (7)
1959 NFL 1 (2)
1963 NFL 1 (3)

Interceptions
1957 NFL 5 (8)
1958 NFL 8 (3)
1959 NFL 6 (4)
1960 NFL 6 (7)
Career 33 (155)

Intercept. Ret. Yds
1958 NFL 199 (1/74)

Intercept. Ret. TD
1958 NFL 1 (2)
1959 NFL 1 (1)
1963 NFL 1 (2)
Career 3 (117)

Long Intercep. Return
1958 NFL 69 (2)

 

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19582nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19582nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19581st TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19581st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19582nd TeamAll-NFLUPI
19591st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19591st TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19591st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19592nd TeamAll-NFLUPI
19601st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19611st TeamAll-NFLSporting News